Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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John F. Hicks (1949- )
Frances Rollin
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Frances Anne Rollin (1845-1901)
Booker T. Washington
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(1898) Booker T. Washington, “The Madison Square Garden Address”
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James D. McGee (1949- )

Explore Global African History

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Habib Koité (1958- )
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Djibouti City, Republic of Djibouti (1888- )
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Léon-Gontran Damas (1912-1978)
We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government Against the Negro People by William L Patterson, 1970
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(1951) We Charge Genocide

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Official King County Logo
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From Memphis and Mogadishu: The History of African Americans in King County, Washington, 1858-2014
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Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Oregon, 1912-1936
Coronavirus structure
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COVID-19: The Myth and the Reality for Black America
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The Innocence Project: A Short History Since 1983

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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